Parts of Speech
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word.
"A swift dark glance and the headstrong runner answered."
What is an adjective?
Identify the literary technique used in the sentence below.
"No smoke came from the chimney, and the little lattice windows gaped forlorn."
What is an personification?
What type of MCAS Question is this?
What is the central argument in "The Quiet Ways Automation is Remaking Service Work?"
What is a Central Idea Question?
1) Skim the text
2) Read the questions first
When crafting an introduction using the GST structure, what information should you include in your general statement? Hint: there are 3 answers.
1) Fact
2) Observation
3) Universal Truth
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word.
"The calling came to me while I languished."
What is an noun?
Identify the literary technique used in the underlined part of the sentence.
"Folks are chewing popcorn and chattering all around but when the movie starts silence falls on the spectators like a blanket from above."
What is a simile?
What type of MCAS Question is this?
In "Welcome to the Automated Warehouse of the Future," the author claims that there is a "wave of automation slowly hitting countries around the world." Select one detail from each article that provides evidence for the author's claim.
What is a BIG to small Question?
Name two strategies that test takers can use to aid their comprehension of challenging MCAS passages?
1) Take notes on the passage while reading
2) Create a passage map
Name 2 conjunctions that test takers can use to craft strong thesis statements for their MCAS essays that answer the "why?" question.
1. Because
2. Since
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word.
"They skirted the building first, looking in windows, and saw only ruined classrooms with graffiti on the walls."
What is an adjective?
Identify the literary technique used in the sentence below.
“...I saw around us a ring of wolves, with white teeth and lolling red tongues, with long, sinewy limbs and shaggy hair.”
What is a imagery?
What type of MCAS Question is this?
What is the most likely purpose of the dashes in the following sentence: "More hotels are offering automated check-in via app or even - in China - via facial recognition. "
What is a Craft and Structure Question?
What strategy should you implement BEFORE writing MCAS essays?
What is create a MPO?
Which of the following presents an arguable thesis statement?
A) The narrator is nervous because the driver is calm during an unsettling situation.
B) The once beautiful Manderley estate was destroyed in a fire.
C) Bram Stoker utilizes visual imagery to depict a foreboding mood in the excerpt from Dracula.
What is C?
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word.
"...great frowning rocks guarded us boldly on either side."
What is an adverb?
Identify the literary technique used in the sentence below.
“The lakeshore road was a complicated patchwork of broken pavement and grass.”
What is a metaphor?
What type of MCAS Question is this?
Which theme is shared by both excerpts?
What is a Central Idea Question?
Name 2 strategies that a test-taker can use while answering multiple choice questions on the MCAS.
1) Make a prediction first
2) Process of elimination
What can the writer do to strengthen her thesis statement?
"There are many harmful effects of plastic waste and e-waste in the environment."
Answers will vary.
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word.
"The shadows of holy crosses on the homemade altars are so mysterious I quickly give religion a second thought."
What is an adverb?
What type of sentence structure is used in the following sentence?"
"Come, we'll swear to the gods, the highest witnesses..."
What is an appositive phrase?
Read the sentences from paragraph 12 of Becoming Maria in the box. My eyes open wider so I can see everything better. My ears pick up all the musical sounds flowing and crashing into each other in the air, and I wonder, how long have I been sleeping? What do these sentences mainly suggest about Sonia’s response to the movie?
What is a small to BIG Question?
Identify 3 things that you should do before test day.
1) Get a good night's sleep
2) Charge your laptop
3) Eat breakfast
Name the 3 R's of conclusions. What do you want to remember to do when crafting your conclusion?
1)Rephrase your thesis
2)Remind reader's why your claim matters
3)Reinforce your message